Two persons were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a minor in Bishnupur's Gandabaduri area of South 24 Parganas district here, police said today.
Saddam Gaji and Bablu Gaji, both in their early 20s, were arrested yesterday after the victim's family lodged an FIR against them on Monday, SP South 24 districts Praveen Kumar Tripathy said.
"The girl have identified them and the both of them have admitted their crime," Tripathy told reporters here.
The incident happened on Sunday evening when the 16-year-old girl was gang-raped by two of her neighbours when she was returning home from a coaching class.
Meanwhile, seven locals were today arrested on charges of vandalism in protest of the gang-rape, he said.
After the news of the rape spread, locals ransacked houses of the accused and destroyed properties, seven persons have been arrested in this connection, Tripathy said.
